"C-c-congratulations. it's a g-g-great c-c-comfort to know we're l-l-leading the r-r-race to b-b-blow up the w-w-world s-s-safey."

Extent

1 item

Published by

The Sun

Date

08 Nov 1971

Format

Newspaper

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USSRAmchitkaCanadaSan Franscico

Person Depicted

Nixon; Richard M. (Richard Milhous), (1913-1994)

Notes

News: 8 Nov: The huge underground nuclear test conducted by the US on Amchitka, in the Aleutian islands, caused no immediate earthquake and tidal wave damage. Administration officials who overrode intense objections to the test on environmental grounds from domestic and foreign critics are tentatively claiming that the results justified the risks.